Pre-Prep Reflections Week 16 January 2025
Dear parents,
We are now two weeks into the term and the children have (mostly) got over their initial tiredness and the slog of coming back to school in the dark depths of winter! Fortunately we have had some lovely sunny days this week and no rain stopping us from playing outside. In assemblies, we have been learning about the six major world faiths, ahead of World Religion Day this Sunday, and the Year 2 children have particularly impressed us with their recall of knowledge from RE lessons.
Welcome back, Mrs Tyler!
We were delighted to have Mrs Tyler back in school this week, following surgery to have her appendix removed – on New Year’s Eve, no less! She is back in school on light duties and we have reminded all of the children to be extra cautious around her in the playground. I am sure Year 1 will be super helpful herons over the next few weeks while she gets back to full fitness.
Exeter School ISI inspection report
Many of you will know that Exeter School was visited by a team of inspectors from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) back in November. The final report was published last week. We would like to wish our colleagues and former pupils many congratulations on achieving another excellent report. You can read our summary highlights and the full inspection report below.
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Visitors this week
We have had lots of lovely visitors this week! Miss Rose came over on Monday to do an assembly on trees, linked to the Jewish festival of Tu BiShvat. Mrs Van spent most of the morning with us yesterday, and in the afternoon Rev Close popped in to say hello. We also welcomed Mr Cunningham, head of junior school mathematics, into school yesterday afternoon to spend some time with Ms Richards looking at how we can align the pre-prep and junior school mathematics curriculum more closely in the future.
Nursery practitioner
We are currently advertising for a qualified Nursery Practitioner to cover Mrs Wannell’s maternity leave, starting in late May/early June. This is a rare opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated team, working with the most wonderful children! If you know of anyone who may be interested, please point them in the direction of our advert below or ask them to get in touch with me.
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Next week
We look forward to welcoming Bonnie into the Nursery class next Tuesday. I also hope to see lots of you at the Quiz Night over at Exeter School next Friday evening – further details below; if you haven’t yet booked your place, please do so over the weekend.
I hope you all have a relaxing weekend.